FIBIS
Encyclopedia
The Families British India Society (FIBIS) is a genealogical
organisation who assist people in researching their family history and the background against which their ancestor
s led their lives in British India.
in 1947. It covers the earlier part of the British East India Company
's history and provides help and advice on researching it both in England and abroad, and all EIC stations, including those outside the Indian sub-continent.
The Society states that it "does not concentrate on the Raj period nor solely on the British in India because to do so would exclude a number of other nationalities who played an important part and became part of the Indian culture."
to aid information sharing and research.
, FIBIS have a programme of transcribing and publishing East India Company
and India Office
material that was previously only available in the India Office Records
at the library. These transcription
s are freely available to the general public in searchable form on the FIBIS website. Information available covers areas including ecclesiastical records (births, marriages and deaths), passenger lists, military history and wills.
Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
organisation who assist people in researching their family history and the background against which their ancestor
Ancestor
An ancestor is a parent or the parent of an ancestor ....
s led their lives in British India.
Scope
FIBIS was formed in November 1998 to provide research and social history resources for India from 1600 up to (and even after) Indian IndependenceHistory of the Republic of India
The history of the Republic of India began on 26 January 1950. The country became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth 15 August 1947. George VI was King until the Republic was proclaimed in 1950. Concurrently the Muslim-majority northwest and east of British India was separated...
in 1947. It covers the earlier part of the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
's history and provides help and advice on researching it both in England and abroad, and all EIC stations, including those outside the Indian sub-continent.
The Society states that it "does not concentrate on the Raj period nor solely on the British in India because to do so would exclude a number of other nationalities who played an important part and became part of the Indian culture."
Resources
FIBIS provides books, journals, online resources and community facilities to assist research into individual's ancestors and the social structure in which they lived. They also host a wikiWiki
A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
to aid information sharing and research.
Transcription and publishing of records
In conjunction with the British LibraryBritish Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
, FIBIS have a programme of transcribing and publishing East India Company
East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
and India Office
India Office
The India Office was a British government department created in 1858 to oversee the colonial administration of India, i.e. the modern-day nations of Bangladesh, Burma, India, and Pakistan, as well as territories in South-east and Central Asia, the Middle East, and parts of the east coast of Africa...
material that was previously only available in the India Office Records
India Office Records
The India Office Records are a very large collection of documents relating to the administration of India from 1600 to 1947, the period spanning British rule in India...
at the library. These transcription
Transcription (linguistics)
Transcription in the linguistic sense is the systematic representation of language in written form. The source can either be utterances or preexisting text in another writing system, although some linguists only consider the former as transcription.Transcription should not be confused with...
s are freely available to the general public in searchable form on the FIBIS website. Information available covers areas including ecclesiastical records (births, marriages and deaths), passenger lists, military history and wills.
See also
- British Association for Cemeteries in South AsiaBritish Association for Cemeteries in South AsiaBritish Association for Cemeteries in South Asia is an organisation founded in 1977 that seeks to maintain and record for posterity European cemeteries in former South Asian territories of the East India Company such as India, Pakistan and Malaysia....
- British RajBritish RajBritish Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
- Company rule in IndiaCompany rule in IndiaCompany rule in India refers to the rule or dominion of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent...
- Family historyFamily historyFamily history is the systematic narrative and research of past events relating to a specific family, or specific families.- Introduction :...